Pretend Play Pretend Play Play Food & Play Sets

Give young animal lovers everything they need to examine and treat pretend pets! This toy was recognized by toy experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute for how it helps kids develop empathy. The 24-piece collection for aspiring veterinarians three and older comes with two adorable plush pets (a dog and a cat), and accessories galore, including a stethoscope, thermometer, syringe, ear scope, tweezers, and clamp. There are bottles, tubes, and tubs of pretend treatments and ointments, bandages and a cast for boo-boos, and even a neck "cone" to keep pets from licking! Everything, including a reusable examination checklist, stores in a handy tote bag, so little vets can make house calls!

The Melissa & Doug Pizza Party is a complete wooden playset that lets kids create, slice, and serve their own custom pizzas. This set includes six sliceable pizza slices and 36 vibrant toppings, providing a fun, hands-on way to develop fine motor skills, counting abilities, and social skills through imaginative play.

Pretend-play tea parties can now include coffee with this realistic wooden Brew & Serve Coffee Set for two! Lift the lid and pop in one of three coffee pods (regular, hazelnut, or mocha) and turn the knob to choose the serving size! Too hot for coffee? Add the included ice cube to make it "iced." The 11-piece set comes with two wooden mugs, creamer, sugar, a spoon, and even a re-usable order card for budding baristas! Quality construction means endless hours of imaginative play!

The Melissa & Doug Cutting Fruit Set is a 17-piece wooden playset that lets kids slice and serve a delicious fruit salad. Featuring seven sliceable fruits held together by self-stick tabs, this set makes a satisfying "crunch" sound when cut, providing a fun and engaging way to introduce counting and the concepts of part and whole.

The Melissa & Doug Scoop & Serve Ice Cream Counter is a 28‑piece wooden pretend ice cream shop, featuring 8 wooden scoops, 6 toppings, 2 cones, a plastic cup, scooper, tongs, wooden spoon, reusable menu card, and pretend dollar bills. The realistic scooper clicks into scoops so kids can lift, stack, and release like real ice cream, and toppings fit snugly for customizable creations. All accessories fit neatly into the sturdy wooden counter for easy storage and screen‑free play fun. Ages 3+.

This six-piece play set gives kids all the housekeeping tools they need to keep it clean! Sized just for kids and built to last, the broom, mop, duster, dustpan, and hand brush are comfortable to use and easy to store--just hang them from the sturdy cords onto the included stand for neat, compact storage. (The dustpan can also snap onto any of the handles.) Natural-wood handles add durability and a classic look; bright pops of color keeps lots of fun in the mix! This product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits, and that forests are protected for future generations. Please note that FSC certification applies to new inventory only (FSC C156584).

Budding young chefs can hone their craft in this beautifully designed, charcoal-colored modern play kitchen! The easy to assemble chef's kitchen includes a refrigerator/freezer with innovative working ice maker that dispenses two included "ice cubes," an oven and stovetop with dials that turn, microwave with turning plate, sink with moving faucet and handle, grocery check list, movable hooks, and ample shelving and storage for easy cleanup. Detailed, illustrated instructions make this kitchen simple to put together. Assembled, it stands approximately 3.5 feet (1 meter) long and more than three feet (0.9 meters) high, roomy enough for multiple kids to play at once. Sturdy, top-quality wooden construction means it will stand up to years of creative make-believe meal-making! This product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits, and that forests are protected for future generations. Please note that FSC certification applies to new inventory only (FSC C156584)

Slice and pretend to bake a dozen wooden cookies, then decorate them for Christmas! This colorful play-food set includes a tube of 12 sliceable cookies with 12 decorative toppings, an oven mitt, wooden cookie sheet, knife and spatula, plus pretend baking directions to encourage unlimited imaginative play and learning. It's a festive way to reinforce basic skills, encourage creativity and celebrate the holidays!

Smile, the dentist will see you now! This 25-piece dental care play set features an over-sized set of pretend teeth so young dentists-in-training can give cleanings, treat cavities, and even fit retainers and braces! Mark the pretend teeth with the cavity stickers, then use the vibrating tool with interchangeable polishing and drill heads, and the toothbrush to clean. The set includes realistic instruments like a pick, mirror, and floss, a dental rinse bottle and cup, 2 gauze pads, 2 tooth polish cups, and an instrument tray to keep organized. A mask, reusable ID tag on a lanyard, and a double-sided reusable activity card round out the dentist’s office experience. The play set is a fun and engaging way to teach good dental health practices, and to ease kids’ fears or feelings of stress associated with a visit to the dentist. Spark a child’s creativity and imagination, and to inspire young dentists for years to come.

Budding young chefs can hone their craft in this beautifully designed, white marble-colored modern play kitchen! The easy to assemble chef's kitchen includes a refrigerator/freezer with innovative working ice maker that dispenses two included "ice cubes," an oven and stovetop with dials that turn, microwave with turning plate, sink with moving faucet and handle, grocery check list, movable hooks, and ample shelving and storage for easy cleanup. Detailed, illustrated instructions make this kitchen simple to put together. Assembled, it stands approximately 3.5 feet (1 meter) long and more than three feet (0.9 meters) high, roomy enough for multiple kids to play at once. Sturdy, top-quality wooden construction means it will stand up to years of creative make-believe meal-making! This product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits, and that forests are protected for future generations. Please note that FSC certification applies to new inventory only (FSC C156584)

The Melissa & Doug Slice and Bake Wooden Cookie Set is a sweet introduction to pretend kitchen play! This colorful cookie set includes 12 wooden, sliceable cookies and 12 cookie toppings, a wooden knife, spatula, cookie sheet, and a kitchen mitt for safe, imaginative play. Your little baker can pretend to slice the cookies, place them on the cookie sheet, make believe they're baking, and then use the oven mitt for the "hot" cookies once they're done. (Note: the toy kitchen utensils are not meant for use with real food or with real kitchen appliances). Then it's decorating time! The 12 "vanilla" and "chocolate" frosting pieces attach to the cookies with self-stick tabs and are painted with yummy-looking sprinkles, candy pieces, and icing patterns, so kids can create a variety of cookies. They can serve the cookies with the included wooden toy spatula. When playtime is over kids can store the cookies in the durable dough tube so they're ready for next time. What a delicious way for kids ages three and older to practice fine motor skills, number concepts, and more, while pretending to bake and serve sweet treats.

Grilling and frying has never been so fun! Satisfy hungry imaginations with Melissa & Doug Water WOW! color-changing play food. Flip play burger, veggie burger, or pancake on the grill and griddle, squeeze water from the spatula when flipping, and watch colors change as food magically “cooks”! Add water to the fryer and play chicken tenders, onion rings, and fries to the fry basket to “deep fry” more treats. Serve with felt fixings and burger buns that reveal ketchup and mustard when water drips from the condiment squeeze bottle. Let the pieces dry and cook with water again and again! Combine this with the Melissa and Doug Simmer & Stir Stovetop Play Set with Water Wow!® Color Changing Play Food to create the ultimate pretend play world! For 35+ years, Melissa and Doug has crafted imaginative preschool toys and durable wooden toys built to nurture childhood wonder, with everything from a life-sized grocery store playset to a play kitchen playset and play food to serve plush toys & puppets, to costumes, arts & crafts, and road trip activities for kids. It’s the kind of kid-powered play that builds independence and confidence!

The Melissa & Doug Water WOW! Stir Fry Set lets little chefs cook with magic, using only water to change play food from "frozen" to “cooked”! Kids can drip water from an olive oil bottle or squeeze it from a special spoon to watch vegetables and proteins magically change color, providing hours of mess-free, repeatable, and screen-free fun.

Perfect for mess-free imaginative pretend play, this innovative wooden vending machine play set, the Melissa & Doug Sort, Stock, Select Beauty Kiosk, DOES NOT CONTAIN REAL COSMETICS. It is packed with features and fun, including realistic-looking pretend play toy makeup accessories for eyes, lips, and face that let budding makeup artists imagine different looks and practice daily skin care and makeup routines! Open the back of the kiosk and stock it with nine double-sided play beauty accessories, including wooden lipsticks, pretend eye shadows (NO COLOR IS TRANSFERRED), flip-top lotion tube, and double-sided pouches. On the front, select an item, insert a color-matching play coin or bank card, press the corresponding letter and number button, and the play makeup drops into the collection drawer! No batteries required! There’s a sign that can be personalized and a reusable activity card for keeping track of what to stock, order, and how the pretend play beauty items are used. The sturdy kiosk measures 17 inches high x 12.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches deep, and requires no assembly. This vending play set is an engaging, hands-on way to help teach kids about cause-and-effect, and to encourage letter, number, and color recognition, sorting, matching, counting, and fine motor skills. All the pieces store in the vending machine for easy cleanup. This product is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits, and that forests are protected for future generations. Please note that FSC certification applies to new inventory only (FSC C156584)

Welcome to the ultimate happy place! The Cheery Lane Complete Neighborhood Bundle brings the entire town to life by combining our customizable modular dollhouse, the interactive three-vehicle fleet, and an expanded cast of diverse, posable friends. Toddlers can build their own custom home layouts with the top-down accessible fold-out rooms, then send the nine included characters out for a drive in the family car, school bus, or tilting garbage truck. Whether they are loading passengers for a trip around the playroom, hosting a pretend dinner party with the chunky furniture, or acting out daily neighborhood routines, the seamless interaction between the house, vehicles, and figures naturally builds fine motor coordination, spatial reasoning, and social-emotional skills. Packed with sensory-rich materials and endless storytelling potential, this mega-playset delivers the ultimate open-ended, screen-free play experience that will grow with your child for years to come!